Liberia’s President George Weah has called for the removal of a “racist” clause in the constitution which restricts citizenship to black people. The clause was “unnecessary, racist and inappropriate”, the ex-football star said in his first State of Nation since being elected president. He also pledged to scrap the law which prohibits foreigners owning land. ... The post Weah

The Police administration has said that it is still on a manhunt for more persons involved in the crime committed at the Kwabenya District Headquarters Police station last week. It said it has so far arrested 12 suspects including those who escaped lawful custody. The Director-General of Police Public Affairs, ACP David Eklu, in a ... The post Police hunt for four more Kwabenya crime suspects

Some passengers on-board a Kumasi bound VIP Bus were over the weekend left to their fate when the driver of the bus with registration number, GL 375-13, abandoned the vehicle in the middle of nowhere, hopped into another vehicle and chased a saloon car, because someone in that car had broken the bus’ windscreen with ... The post Passengers shocked at how angry VIP Bus

Some passengers on-board a Kumasi bound VIP Bus were over the weekend left to their fate when the driver of the bus with registration number, GL 375-13, abandoned the vehicle in the middle of nowhere, hopped into another vehicle and chased a saloon car, because someone in that car had broken the bus’ windscreen with ... The post Passengers shocked at how angry

Zylofon Music, the music wing of entertainment company, Zylofon Media will be singing and unveiling dance hall artiste Shatta Wale on to its record label tomorrow, January 31, 2018. The unveiling will take place at the company’s head office at East Legon. The Shatta Movement boss will be joining Stonebwoy, Becca, Kumi Guitar, Joyce Blessing, ... The post Zylofon Media to sign Shatta

KTN News, Citizen TV and NTV are currently off air on free to air and paid for platforms. KTN News through Standard Group Editorial Director Joseph Odindo confirmed that the channel was off air in both free to air and paid for platforms. He said they are investigating why the Government resorted to such actions, adding that ... The post Three Kenyan TV stations

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, has accused the Ghana Chamber of Mines of not fighting for the best interest of small-scale miners. This follows the Chamber’s caution to stakeholders including small-scale miners against stampeding government into lifting the ban on small-scale mining. According to Godwin Armah, the General Secretary of the Ghana ... The post Small

Two persons are feared dead and several others injured in a gory accident at Okanta Number 1 in the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipality of the Eastern Region. The two were among four persons who were in a Toyota Hiace vehicle with registration number GN 5664-17 driving from Accra to Kumasi, when the car collided with a ... The post  2 feared dead in gory accident near Nsawam appeared first

Circumstances that led to a forced shutdown of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) after just 16 days of operations have invoked some bad blood between energy think-tank Institute for Energy Security (IES) and the management of TOR. The refinery, which resumed operations on January 2, 2018, experienced a forced shutdown on January 18, 2018. The ... The post TOR, IES, faceoff over forced shutdown

Facebook says it is changing the way its news delivery service works by focusing on local news sources in its drive for “high quality” content. “Local news helps us understand the issues that matter in our communities,” explained chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on his page on Monday. The update will initially apply to the US ... The post Facebook to promote

Chinese efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as concerning as Russian subversion, the director of the CIA has said. Mike Pompeo told the BBC that the Chinese “have a much bigger footprint” to do this than the Russians do. As examples he cited efforts to steal US commercial information and infiltration ... The post CIA chief says China ‘as big a threat

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A deputy executive secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Madam Afia Akoto, who is the third defendant in a GH¢ 8 million defamation lawsuit, has apologized and retracted comments she reechoed accusing Senyo Hosi, CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors of offering a $1 million bribe to the CEO of ... The post Afia Akoto begs Senyo Hossi to escape

A Deputy Executive Secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Afia Akoto, who is the third defendant in a GH¢ 8 million defamation lawsuit, has apologized and retracted comments she reechoed accusing Senyo Hosi, CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors of offering a $1 million bribe to the CEO of the ... The post Afia Akoto begs Senyo Hosi to escape GH¢8m

A deputy executive secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Madam Afia Akoto, who is the third defendant in a GH¢ 8 million defamation lawsuit, has apologized and retracted comments she reechoed accusing Senyo Hosi, CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors of offering a $1 million bribe to the CEO of ... The post Afia Akoto begs Senyo Hosi to escape GH¢8

The June 3 disaster could happen again if Local Government authorities fail to institute measures aimed at desilting the Odaw River, Assembly Member for Odawna electoral area, Hendrik Kinna has said. Mr. Kinna made this known when he was queried by Eyewitness News Host, Umaru Sanda Amadu on measures government had taken to avert a ... The post June 3 disaster could happen again

President Akufo Addo has urged African leaders to advocate for the rights of women, children and the vulnerable in their respective countries. He said ensuring the protection of women and children’s right was key to meeting the deadline for the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at an AU forum in Addis Ababa, ... The post Champion

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly [AMA], will begin the collection of levies for on-street parking of vehicles today [Tuesday], at Adabraka in Accra. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Metropolitan Chief Executive of the AMA, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, said uniformed personnel would be deployed to the area to commence the process. “The company that we have engaged the ... The post Collection

Accra Metropolitan Assembly [AMA], is open to some negotiations with companies within Adabraka that may want to offer some relief to their workers or patrons when the collection of on-street parking levy starts. The Metropolitan Chief Executive of the AMA, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, noted on Eyewitness News that even the Ghana Revenue Authority [GRA] office in ... The post Street

In Citi News’ continuing reports on abandoned health facilities some of which have been completed but are not in use, it has come to light that three projects ongoing at the Tema General Hospital, have been abandoned for years, whiles the hospital is constrained, and struggles to meet the health needs of the huge numbers that visit ... The post Theatre,